Matter of Kolpien v. . O'Donnell Lumber Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered May 20, 1920, unanimously affirming an award of the state industrial commission made under the Workmen’s Compensation Law.
1Opinion of the Court
His cock, Ch. J.
The findings in this case are to the effect that the claimant was president and treasurer of a corporation and held a majority of its capital stock; that he was president and treasurer and also “ employed ” as manager, in which latter capacity he performed manual labor such as an ordinary employee might perform and that it was while engaged in the performance of these duties that he was injured; that his “ average weekly wage * * * was the sum of $46.16.”
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